noun
- plural of arrowroot: tropical plants with starchy edible roots, or the starch extracted from these roots used in cooking and baking
Examples
- The recipe called for two tablespoons of arrowroots as a thickening agent.
- Different varieties of arrowroots grow throughout the Caribbean islands.
- She substituted arrowroots for cornstarch in the pudding recipe.
- The indigenous people cultivated several types of arrowroots for food.
- Arrowroots are often used in gluten-free baking as binding agents.
- The health food store stocks organic arrowroots in the baking aisle.